Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus

Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus (356 BC-) was Roman consul in 322, 310, 308, 297, and 295 BC.

Biography
Quintus Fabius Maximus Rullianus was the son of consul Marcus Fabius Ambustus, and, as magister equitum in 325 BC, he defeated the Samnites at Imbrinium. He became consul for the first time in 322 BC, and, as dictator in 315 BC, he successfully besieged Saticula. As consul in 310 BC, he fought the Etruscans at Sutrium and pursued them before defeating them again in the Ciminian Forest; in 308 BC, he defeated the Etruscans of Perusia and the Samnites of Nuceria Alfaterna. In 304 BC, he served as censor, and, in 297 BC, he returned to the consulship and defeated the Samnites at Tifernum. In 295 BC, in his last term as consul, he defeated the Samnites and their allies at the Battle of Sentinum. His son Quintus Fabius Maximus Gurges went on to serve as consul in 292 BC, and his great-grandson Fabius Cunctator was a hero of the Second Punic War.